The draft Order proposes to approve the State Medical and Sanitary Standards for Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination of Food and Feed following a nuclear or radiological emergency. The draft Order establishes maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed, including contamination by strontium-90, iodine-131, caesium-134, caesium-137, plutonium-239 and americium-241 (Sr-90, I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137, Pu-239 and Am-241), and provides that the Standards shall apply for three months from the date of occurrence and/or receipt, in accordance with the procedure established by law, of notification of a nuclear or radiological emergency. The Standards shall apply to food, beverages, including alcoholic beverages, and feed that have been or may be radioactively contaminated in the event of a nuclear or radiological emergency and that are produced and/or placed on the market in Ukraine, or imported (consigned) into the customs territory of Ukraine from the country of origin or consignment following such an emergency. It is also established that the State Hygienic Standards 'Permitted Levels of Radionuclide Content of ^137Cs and ^90Sr in Food and Drinking Water', approved by Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 256 of 3 May 2006, shall not apply where and to the extent that the maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination established by the Standards approved by this Order are applicable in accordance with the legislation. The…